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From: dahoov2@cox.net
On Mon, 5 May 2008 22:00:48 -0700 (PDT), northfield
wrote:
>On May 5, 6:03?pm, Sue H wrote:
>> Well some say good and some say bad. ?We'd been over his site and I've
>> talked with Lon at length. ?The problem for me was the Harry Potter
>> and SW multi-signed posters which he admitted to buying elsewhere and
>> him selling them for so much when all the sigs were bad. ?He may know
>> sports but apparently, he's not well versed in these areas. ? That's
>> where I can definitively (not all the time but sometimes) tell you if
>> something is bad. ?I have no clue about anything other than those
>> items and a couple ify SW items he had (I told him about them at the
>> time).
>>
>> It is possible he and a LOT (MOST of the dealers everywhere) trust
>> people who turn not so good. ?It happens. ?I've seen it happen with
>> older ones like Jungle Intrigue ... anyone remember them? ?Had a batch
>> in there some years ago that was bad. ?Also Tswee... who admitted to
>> buying bulk from people's collections. ?The result was him banking on
>> long time collectors who knew there stuff. ?But with any collections
>> (mine included) you will have a few odd items here and there not so
>> great (secretarials, forgeries etc). ?
>>
>> I do not judge Strickler. ?I do NOT know if he's selling intentionally
>> or not. ?I talked to him and he seems like a nice guy. ?I know he's
>> got connections and his area of specialty it seems is sports. ?He
>> should stick with that. I always give people the benefit of the doubt.
>> But if people tell you and they know what they are talking about, then
>> maybe it's prudent to pay a little attention. So to keep selling stuff
>> after, well, it's kind of wrong. ?There my be disagreements; if he
>> feels the stuff is good, but someone says something is amiss, it's
>> simple in the Star Wars realm... simply email the actors and ask.
>> Sometimes they respond. ?Or contact a number of other Star Wars
>> collectors. ?I have names if interested, but was never asked by him
>> for other people to give their opinions. ?That would be the prudent
>> thing to do (get various opinions if something is in question). ?Maybe
>> not worth it on smaller stuff but on posters? ?Yes, ?In addition, the
>> person selling it to him if say is opinion to all the collectors to be
>> fraudulent, wouldn't that be something he should consider? ?I mean he
>> could get his money back, or he could disassociate from further deals
>> with them in the future.... ?
>>
>> On Mon, 5 May 2008 14:01:04 -0700 (PDT), northfield
>>
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>>
>> wrote:
>> >On May 5, 2:47?pm, barefoot wrote:
>> >> not at all...i wouldn't recommend him to anyone, not even to people i
>> >> don't like...
>> >> i do love how he used a secretary to come in and say all his stuff is
>> >> legit...it's probably him, he's already posted from 2 accounts as it
>> >> is.
>> >> m
>>
>> >hi barefoot and Sue - I'm only saying that I have not heard bad things
>> >about strickler from trusted people I know in this hobby. ?if he is
>> >buying and reselling like many major dealers all do then I'm sure his
>> >sources are sound. ?I do not work for him or his wife - his wife owns
>> >the autograph business btw - they just use his name according to a
>> >dealer here in nyc I have talked to. ?he mostly writes, appraises and
>> >lectures all the time now. ?I used to post here years ago under name
>> >'eastside' - I remember Sue from then. ?Sharon- Hide quoted text -
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>hi sue - thanks for answering, I can see that you are very sensible
>when comes to the hobby and don't jump to conclusion like others who
>really have no information about a person. have you talked to Lon or
>by email? I don't know maybe sometimes it's easier to understand by
>talking to a person - he has very good knowledge of vintage and
>classic signatures and documents. as far as current autographed items
>I really don't have much insight as to what strickler sells though I
>have seen his website. I'm sure if anyone really wanted to find out
>about him there are surely many hobby references.
Yes, I have. I only know about a few vintage sigs (certain people I
have in my collection I took many months to research before I bought
so I got familiar after a while with them) but to be honest, I only
stick to the stuff I know and advise people on that. I get emails
sometimes for people wanting me to authenticate stuff like baseballs
or other stuff and I usually just steer them to others. I know what I
collect and like Barefoot says, anyone who's been in the hobby a long
time will know more than most because after a while, you've seen a
thousand real in person Mark Hamills or what have you and you just
know. However, I still have a hard time with a couple and will always
admit to it. But on some? I can see it in a blink.... as I am sure
Barefoot can.
My advice to ANYONE buying anything is not to rely even on people you
think know stuff (like Barefoot and myself). If you wanted to buy a
Star Wars multi-signed poster, ask me. Then ask at least one or two
other opinions AND then take the item you want and start compariing it
to known real signatures. Unless you are in an auction where it ends
in less than an hour or less, you most likely can find a few things to
help you decide. But alas, people bid without doing any work at all.
If you are serious about your collection, you should do a little work.
I've taken "chances" without research and I'll tell you, those are the
things about my collection that bug me. What I do is try for in
persons or other means to replace when I can those items. Stupid to
have to buy them twice though. Sometimes the chances are worth it and
others not. I have had both.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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